TURKEY

Eurasia
Transcontinental country
Mediterranean and Aegean seas
geopolitical and strategic importance
regional power
 many empires
fifteenth century: the Ottomans
achieved power
conquested Constantinople
end of the Middle Age
16th and 17th centuries: power
and prestige peaked
DECLINE

18th century onwards: decline

size, military power and wealth
 World War I: defeated
Central Powers
territory divided by the Allied Powers
 secular state: no official religion
freedom of religion and conscience
 Hijab: banned in schools and government
political Islam
 Istambul: the most populous city
country's economic, cultural, historical and commercial center
 THE BLUE MOSQUE

1609 e 1616
Hand-painted blue tiles adorn the moques
interior walls
at night the mosque is bathed in blue
 Women: cover legs, arms and head
no shoes allowed
 HAGIA SOPHIA

Holy Wisdom
Byzantine Empire: church
 golden mosaics
conquest of Constantinople: mosque
1930s: museum
 BASILICA CISTERN

largest of several hundred ancient cisterns

galleries and tunnels
store citys water back (Byzantine Empire)
one of the most visited places in city
dark and humid
water drops
Turkish music
footbridges
hundred million liters of water
 GRAND BAZAAR

one of the first shopping malls in the world

the largest and oldest covered markets in the world
 61 streets
4000 shops
300,000 visitors daily
four mainly entrances
amazing colorful galleries
grand bazaar sellers love to bargain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=7A1q7v4btbk
flow through the city of tales.